News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-12-15
TERMS S1.5O.
A CONSIDERABLE GROCER.

A CONsIDERATE GROCER.
Pretty Servant Girl-You don't give
full weight.
Grocer (sighing)-I know it, but you
alone are to blame for that.
Servant Girl-How's that?
Grocer (beaming on her)-I want to
make your burden as light as possible,
my dear.-Teras SiItings.
PROGRESS AND PoPERTY.
Western Man-Oh, you folks are too
slow. Why don't you build up towns
the way we do?
Eastern Man-Our towns are grow
ing.
W. M-You don't rush them enough.
You ought to start dozens of new enter
prises every day.
E. M.-Such things take capital, and
we are poor.
W. M.-Why, what makes you poor2
f. M.-Sending money to our enter
prlslng relatives who have gone West.
-I'id Bits.
JOHNNY'S S ILLUSTRATION.
A Boston mother was assisting her
little boy the other evening in the mas
terry of his geography lesson, and COM
ing to description of desert, which
formed part of the lesson to be memor-
lied, she quoted the words of the text
book to the effect that it was "a barren
tract. The little fellow repeated the
| descriptive phraze after her, but his air
of mystification showed that he hadn't
the slightest idea of the meaning con-
veyed by the group of words, and, the
better to reach his youthful understand
ing, she endeavored to simplify the de-
scription by defining it as ga place where
nothing would grow" The boys face
ightened with the light of awakened
intelligence, and the mother, proud and
expectant, put the question: "Now,
Johnny, what is a desert?" Prompt
came the response: 'Pa's bald head. -
Boston Bndget.
THE STING REMOVED.
He put on his hat, started slowly for
the door, hesitated, came back, sighed
deeply, and took the lily white hand in
his own and pressed it to his lips.
"Katie," he murmured. 'I have
waited long-oh, how long!-for this
opportunity. Will you, Kate, will you,
darling, be mine?"
SIl0 Will IOOh
half of sorrow and half of determination,
sit can never be-
"Never be Oh, why have you per-
mitted me to hope? Why have you en-
couraged me, only to stamp upon my
bleeding heart at last5'
81 am sorry, Henry; but can never
be yours. I have other objects in view."
"Other objects ~
''Yes, Henry; 1 cannot consent to be-
long to any man. | intend that you
shall be mine. Boston Transcript.
ONLY IN FUN.
''Have you seen papa's new dog, Car
lo2" she asked as they sat together in
the parlor.
eyes, he replied somewhat uneasily,
81 have had the pleasure eff meeting the
dog"
"Isn't he splendid He is SO affeo-
81 noticed that he very demon
strntive,' > returned he as he moved un-
''fie is a very playful animal too. ]
never saw one more playful in all my
life
81 am glad to hear you say that"
"Why9"
Because I was little bit afraid that
when he bit the piece out of my leg the
night he was in earnest. But If he was
only in play of course it's all right. I
can take fun as we'll as anybody. "-Mer-
Chant TraEeler..
AT HOME.
Newly Arrived Englishman to News
boy-How marvelously cheap newspa-
pers are in New York to be sure. We
have to pay more than double the price
in London.
Newsboy Extending his hand)-
You can pay double the price now, sir,
if it will make you feel any more at
home, sir.-TeraS SiLfftjngs.
THE MODERN BUsTLE.
The Catastrophe.
He ma said her boots were too high in the
But no other style would she wear.
One day while out walking she stepped on
peel
Of a banana, and uttering an ear piercing
squeal
She frantically clutched at the air.
She is SdUed.
Her hustle was rubber. inflated. of course,
The fashion prevailing to meet;
And it turned out to be for her safety the |
source
For when she sat Gown on the sidewalk with
force
She bounded right back to her feet.
The Moral.
In the foregoing, maidens who stylish boots
wear,
This moral will easily find:
When sidewalks are slippery and out of re-
pair,
hustle of rubber inflated with air,
Is handy to carry behind.
Boston Courier.